Chen Xi looked up at the vast sea in front of him, and said in a calm tone: "Is it useful to say I'm going to persuade Your Majesty?"

Yun Liu was speechless.

Yunliu knew very well how stubborn Zhu Houzhao was, and Chen Xi seemed to have no intention of dissuading Zhu Houzhao from the beginning to lead the troops.

"Your Majesty is good to leave. At least I have saved a lot of red tape after I go back... But how far can your Majesty go in half a day after leaving the city?"

Yun Liu was a little surprised and asked, "My Lord, go after him and meet him, and tell him how to quell the rebellion of King Ning?"

"It depends on the situation."

Chen Xi turned around and headed towards the cabin, saying casually, "It's useless to persuade you. I will not support Your Majesty in the personal expedition, and Your Majesty will not agree to let me follow the army, so you can only follow Your Majesty's wishes... If King Ning was killed by the assassin I sent, everything would be fine, otherwise even if there was a war, I believe that the court's troops would not be at a disadvantage!"

Yun Liu thought about it and nodded.

As Chen Xi said, Zhu Houzhao led a large army to the rebellion of King Pingning. He had many elite soldiers and generals who followed Chen Xi. King Ning was basically a mob. Compared with the combat capabilities of the regular army of the court, the gap was too big, and victory should be no problem.

Chen Xi suddenly felt a little regretful: "It was nothing that Your Majesty was in charge of the army, but he believed in the treacherous and used Zhang Yuan and Jiang Bin as think tanks, which was not advisable. If Your Majesty could bring Tang Bohu around to participate in the military aircraft, the chance of victory would be much higher, which is a pity."

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After Tang Yin brought someone to see Zhu Houzhao out of the city, he felt a little depressed.

Firstly, it was because Zhu Houzhao never mentioned taking him away, and secondly, when he was seeing him off outside the city, he didn't even see the emperor.

Originally, Tang Yin thought that he had made great achievements in the organization of welcome and seeing off the horse, and he also had a relationship with Zhang Yuan. This time, he would have been different from the emperor. As a result, Zhu Houzhao didn't expect him at all.

However, Zheng Qian was recruited by a temporary message and went to Nanjing with the team. Tang Yin could not imagine what he did. When Tang Yin saw Su Tong, he looked very bad.

Su Tong didn't know that Tang Yin was disappointed, and was very grateful that he could not go west with the saint, and even felt very sorry for Zheng Qian.

After all, Zheng Qian was temporarily transferred to the army and suffered a lot, and the emperor obviously didn't have so much time to meet Zheng Qian, so it was basically thankless to Zheng Qian's trip.

"Military advisor, Your Majesty has sent it away. Should we go back?"

Su Tong brought people over and told Tang Yin.

Zhang Lun and others came with Su Tong, who were left-behind generals. Many people still felt very sorry. They followed Chen Xi south to seek credit, but if they followed the emperor to fight, they would have more opportunities than to perform with Chen Xi. Unfortunately, such a great opportunity was missed.

The civil officials would not do so. They would rather follow Chen Xi, who had won the battle steadily, than follow the sage and cause trouble in vain.

Tang Yin was very regretful: "Just just sent away Your Majesty, I want to welcome Mr. Chen to return... Alas, I don't know how to tell Mr. Chen about this matter... If Mr. Chen blames us, there is nothing we can do."

Su Tong: "Mr. Shen is wise, how could he make things difficult for us? This is Your Majesty's decision... General Zhang quickly arranges to send troops back to the city. In a few hours, Lord Shen will come back. A grand celebration ceremony will be held in the city before and after nightfall. Don't delay it."

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Zhu Houzhao set off from New City at noon, and by the time the sun sets west in the afternoon, the news has reached Nanjing City.

After the fast horse entered the city, the news was known to the eunuch Zhang Yong, the garrison in Nanjing. He hurried to meet Xu Qi and discussed the arrangements for the welcome to the sage.

"…Your Majesty is finally here."

Xu Qiu seemed very excited to learn that Zhu Houzhao came to Nanjing.

After all, the city had made some preparations before. The arrival of the emperor means that the powerful and powerful people in Nanjing have the opportunity to report things to the emperor in person and gain more political resources. As Duke of Wei, Xu Qiu was also a garrison in Nanjing, and had more opportunities to show his presence in front of the emperor.

Zhang Yong was very anxious: "Now, news came that His Majesty went to Nanjing and led his troops directly to Jiangxi, probably because of King Ning's rebellion."

Xu Qiu was a little surprised: "King Ning was planning a rebellion? Has the matter been confirmed?"

Whether it was Zhang Yong or Xu Qi, they had heard of King Ning's misconduct.

If King Ning raised an army, he would quickly go down the river to capture Nanjing and seize half of the Ming Dynasty. It would be the best situation to confront the Beijing court.

After Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao ascended the throne, he has been arranging this matter, winning over local gentry, constantly expanding the guards of the royal palace, and making a big fuss in Jiangxi. Xu Qiu has always been vigilant about this, but there is no evidence, so he can only secretly strengthen Nanjing's defense and beware of being captured in one fell swoop.

Zhang Yong was anxious: "Mr. Xu, you told our family that King Ning would be able to rebel, and we reported to His Majesty. Why do you say you are not sure now? Could it be that you want to shirk responsibility and embarrass our family in front of His Majesty?"

Only then did Xu Qiu remember that he had said this when he met Zhang Yong.

At that time, Zhang Yong was very depressed for the emperor to pass through Nanjing but did not enter. Xu Qi then said that King Ning was ill-intentioned and that it was a good thing that the emperor did not come to Nanjing to take risks. He did not take it seriously at the time, but was more of a comfort, but he did not expect that Zhang Yong would submit a memorial to the emperor to encourage the emperor to personally lead the emperor.

Xu Qi asked, "Your Majesty personally leads the troops, Shen Zhihou must have accompanied him, right?"

Zhang Yong looked cold: "This is the most deadly place... His Majesty learned that Lord Shen was about to return to the city, so he actually left first. His Majesty also drew thousands of troops from the new city, plus the previous guards, there were about 20,000 to 30,000. The next step was to draw 50,000 or 60,000 troops from Nanjing and go up to fight against the thieves..."

Xu Qi said: "If Shen Zhihou doesn't arrive, who will lead the troops... Why doesn't Your Majesty wait for Shen Zhihou to go back before leaving?"

Zhang Yong said angrily: "Don't Mr. Xu understand? Your Majesty wants to bypass Lord Shen, lead his own troops, and be interested in planning... The Holy Lord will arrive in a few days. It is hard to say whether Your Majesty will spend the night in Nanjing. Now there is a decree to recruit troops. We have to be responsible for sending troops. Who can bear the situation if something happens?"

Xu Qi was in a good mood at first and thought it was a good thing for the emperor to come, but now he is worried.

"Master, someone from Nanjing Ministry of War is here." Just as Xu Qi didn't know how to deal with Zhang Yongshi, his confidant Xu Cheng suddenly appeared at the door of the hall.

Xu Qi suddenly felt relaxed, secretly glad that someone had rescued the siege, and said, "Eunuch Zhang, I have visited the people from the Ministry of War first."

Zhang Yong said angrily: "Why, we can't listen to each other? Most of the people who came said this is also the case."

Xu Qi smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe, I won't be accompanying you too much... I'll be here to wait for Eunuch Zhang to wait in the flower hall. I will go and go back."

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Xu Qi came out of the hall and went to the main hall with Xu Cheng.

Xu Qiu roughly recounted what Zhang Yongqian said to Xu Cheng on the road, and Xu Cheng said, "Mr., this matter is a big problem."

Xu Qi's steps, which were already a little hurried, stopped, turned his head, frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"

Xu Cheng said: "Your Majesty has just arrived in Xincheng, Lord Shen made great contributions. Your Majesty's attempt to lead the troops was ruined. He heard that King Ning might rebel, so he quickly led his troops to come. He couldn't even wait to meet Lord Shen. It seems that Your Majesty has a grudge against Lord Shen."

Xu Qi's breath was a little thick: "There are some small rifts between the king and the ministers. There is nothing strange about Shen Zhihou has just achieved great achievements. Why can Your Majesty do anything to him?"

Xu Cheng's eyes rolled: "Before, the nobles in the court were all guarding against the rise of Lord Shen, afraid that Lord Shen would work as the errand of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army to undermine the power in everyone's hands, but now it seems that this may not be the case... But the next battle is crucial. Whoever can help His Majesty quell the rebellion of King Ning is a great achievement!"

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